US Professors of the Year

The Office of the Provost has authorized the call for nominations for AU Undergraduate Faculty from across the Auburn University campus to represent AU for consideration as U.S. Professors of the Year.

Background:

The U.S. Professors of the Year program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country—those who excel in teaching and positively influence the lives and careers of students. Sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, it is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring since its inception in 1981.

All undergraduate teachers in the United States, of any academic rank at any type of undergraduate institution, are eligible for the award. The awards focus attention on excellence in undergraduate teaching and provide models to which others can aspire.
Entries are judged by top U.S. educators and other active participants in education.

A maximum of three nominations will be submitted from the university.

Auburn Review and Coordination Process:

An ad hoc review group will be formed by the Teaching Effectiveness Committee to serve as reviewers of nomination packets submitted from across campus. The review committee will recommend up to three (3) nominees to be submitted as representatives of Auburn University. 

Interested faculty apply using the following process (dates in parentheses):

• Submit a 1-page vitae, a personal statement describing key contributions made as an undergraduate teacher (recommended length: 650 words) and a listing of the courses and course descriptions of courses taught in the past year to the Biggio Center (biggio1@auburn.edu) by March 20).

• The review sub-committee will recommend up to three (3) candidates for development of a full nomination; once identified, the finalists would proceed with the application process including required letters from supporters and students along with expansion of the log of the teaching (completion of the review by March 27).

• The top three nominees would submit their final package prior to the deadline which is projecte  to be April 13.   Note that the nomination fees for the successful nominees would be funded by the Biggio Center.

For additional information, contact Dr. Don Mulvaney, Chair of the Teaching Effectiveness Committee or Dr. Diane Boyd, Director of the Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.